Collective Bargaining in the Railroad Industry / / Jacob J. Kaufman.

Traces the history of collective bargaining in the railroad industry and explores the reason behind an increase in the number and extent of strikes in the industry, the improvements that can be made in the law and procedures governing labor relations in order to reduce the number of strikes, whether...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1952]
©1952
Year of Publication:1952
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (236 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • I. Introduction
  • Part I: Background
  • II. The Railroad Industry
  • III. Employment, Methods of Wage Payment, and Working Rules
  • IV. The Labor Organizations
  • V. Federal Intervention in Railway Labor Disputes
  • Part II: The Railway Labor Act in Operation
  • VI. The Railway Labor Act: Success or Failure?
  • VII. The Record: 1934–1952
  • VIII. The Earnings Position of Railroad Workers
  • IX. Wage Standards of Emergency Boards
  • X. Compulsion in the Settlement of Railway Labor Disputes
  • XI. Breakdown of Grievance Procedures
  • XII. Defects in the Railway Labor Act
  • Part III: Strikes Affecting the Public Interest
  • XIII. The Right of Railroad Workers to Strike
  • Part IV: Conclusion
  • Chapter XIV. Summary and Recommendations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index